Absolutely Fabulous

They may make for strange bedfellows, but Absolutely Fabulous star Joanna Lumley and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, along with iconic model Twiggy and others, are linking elbows to salute a favorite place of theirs: London – all in a great new effort to welcome tourists to the British capital.

At the helm of Viva Forever!, which is scheduled to open on Dec. 11 at London's Piccadilly Theatre, are Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous) and Judy Craymer, producer of the musical smash Mamma Mia!.

Jennifer Saunders, familiar to American TV audiences as the eccentric London public-relations specialist Edina Monsoon on the uproarious British sitcom Absolutely Fabulous, has been fighting breast cancer since discovering a lump last October.

It's being reported by the BBC that she just completed treatment and her doctors say the screenwriter-actress-comedienne's condition is in remission.

Saunders, 52, has been seen with closely cropped hair as well as in a wig and bandana at a recent Wimbledon match. She will not comment on her health, her rep tells the BBC.